Cargo Accounts Settlement System
Abbreviation: CASS. System for automated account settlement between participating IATA airlines, billing participants and part participants, on the one hand and their appointed IATA cargo agents on the other hand (air cargo).

Cargo Aircraft
Any aircraft other than a passenger aircraft or a combi.

Cargo Assembly
Separate reception of parcels or packages and the holding of them for later dispatch as one consignment. Consolidation

Cargo Interchange Message Procedures
Abbreviation: Cargo IMP. Procedures developed by the member airlines of the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Cargo Manifest
List including all particulars of consignments.

Cargo Restriction Code
Code indicating that the use of a certain container is restricted to particular cargo.

Cargo Tracer
Information sent by the agent or airline to all relevant parties, stating that certain cargo is either missing or arrived in excess.

Carriage
Process of transporting (conveying) cargo, from one point to another.
Synonym: Transport

Carriage and Insurance Paid to (... Named Place of Destination)
Abbreviation: CIP. Incoterm Incoterms

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
Abbreviation: C.O.G.S.A. 1936 U.S. Statute that governs the acts that a carrier is responsible for and defines the terms used in shipping. The act provides that the shipowner's liability will be limited to $500 per shipping package, and it stipulates a one-year time limit for filing suit against the carrier. This act automatically applies to international ocean movements but not to domestic ocean transits unless the carrier agrees to be bound by it.

Carriage Paid to (... Named Place of Destination)
Abbreviation: CPT. Incoterm Incoterms

Carrier Haulage
Inland transport service performed by the sea-carrier under the terms and conditions of the relevant transport document. Merchant Inspired Carrier Haulage

Carriers' Lien
Right to retain the property as security for the payment of services, material, or money expended on that property. E.g.: When the shipper ships goods "collect", the carrier has a possessory claim on these goods, which means that the carrier can retain possession of the goods as security for the charges due.